State v. Forcier

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• where meaning of statute plain on its face, statute must be enforced according to express terms
• because Criminal Rule 3 is designed to codify and enhance protections given by Fourth Amendment, remedy for violation is suppression
• where meaning of statute is plain, statute must be enforced according to express terms
• interpretations should avoid unjust and unreasonable consequences

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. O'NEILL
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-06-14· cited 69×
• State v. Read
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-03-22· cited 65×
• In re Pierce Subdivision Application
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2008-08-01· cited 43×
• State v. Blondin
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-07-28· cited 25×
• State v. Fisher
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-03-21· cited 24×
• Russell v. Atkins
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1996-04-12· cited 23×
• State v. Massey
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-04-16· cited 17×
• State v. Bean
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-03-31· cited 12×
• State v. Nemkovich
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1998-05-01· cited 7×
• State v. Stenson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-06-24· cited 7×
• Leas v. Leas
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-06-25· cited 5×
• In Re O.R.G. (B. R., Appellant)
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2026-02-20· cited 2×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Colorado v. Spring
  Supreme Court· 1987-01-27· cited 1,070×
• O'BRIEN v. Island Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-06-28· cited 27×
• State v. Wilcox
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-05-21· cited 20×
• State v. Blaine
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1975-06-03· cited 19×
• State v. Hollis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-10-15· cited 10×
• State v. Laflin
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-04-09· cited 5×